What is CVE-2024-50649?

CVE-2024-50649 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Timgreen Python Book, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-11-15.

How severe is CVE-2024-50649?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Timgreen Python Book

CVE-2024-50649

The user avatar upload function in python_book V1.0 has an arbitrary file upload vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2024-11-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Timgreen Python Book — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

github.com/Yllxx03/CVE/blob/main/python_book/FileUpload.md (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/Yllxx03/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2024-50649 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50649?: CVE-2024-50649 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Timgreen Python Book, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-11-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-50649?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.